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Definition of "disseminate" []

  • To scatter widely, as in sowing seed. (verb-transitive)
  • To spread abroad; promulgate: disseminate information. (verb-transitive)
  • To become diffused; spread. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "disseminate" in a sentence
  • "Asked about the use of the word "disseminate" and the prohibition against posting records on the Internet, the spokesperson replied that the language is likely taken from the federal Copyright Act. The notices are "not meant to discourage access requests or the use of the information that is produced in those requests," the spokesperson said."
  • "Setting up the RedFlag web site to "disseminate" lurid information must mean Draper has to go as well."
  • "'disseminate' implies a general vague recognition of this principle of plant-life on the part of humanity."